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Bearcat
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Hello everyone, I am looking for some opinions about this problem... I just finished reading the manual front to back for the 3rd time now, and cannot figure out what I am doing wrong.
My 10/22 Takedown's barrel is being peined over by the bolt and creating a nasty burr that does not allow me to easily pull the barrel from the receiver. The first time this happened I watched a gun smith pry it apart. the pictures below are after Just ~700 rounds with a new barrel, bolt and guide rod assembly installed by Ruger... the gun was cleaned prior to firing and every 200-250 rounds (10 reloads of a BX25). This is the second time this happened. What am I doing wrong?
A picture is worth a thousand words.
I liked my GP100 so much that I thought I would get a 10/22, my logic being; my .357 lived up so well to the "rugged, reliable firearms" catch phrase so well, that Ruger must make all their guns industrial strength... I had the gun for 3 days, spent ~500 rounds with it in the first day, broke it down took it home, cleaned it and so on... the second day, Wednesday my normal day on the range I took the 10/22 along with my with my other, larger guns to stretch the joy of shooting at a reduced cost. Over all I put maybe 900 rounds through it in the first 2 days , cleaned with the rest of the group that night, the 3rd cleaning, and I noticed a slight bit of damage to the barrel ware ever the bolt makes contact, it seemed negligible, at that point more a discoloration than anything else.
Took the gun out for an extended plinking session with my girlfriend on the 3rd day. No problems at first, and I was still very impressed by the design. Between the two of us we used 3 boxes of "Remington Golden Bullet" in 2 different rifles, I am guessing the majority of the 1575 rounds went through the 10/22, but I don't have an accurate count...
At the end of the plinking the gun fired accurately, and ejected as reliably as any.22 ever does, but it would no longer break down. The barrel would come only way out of the receiver, that's it.
I took it back to the Gander mt ware I bought it...for, I had done something strange, something I had never done before; I purchased a store warranty. They pried the barrel out of the receiver, shrugged and sent the gun back to Ruger.
Ruger replaced the bolt, guide rod assembly, barrel, and (for some random reason) the front sight. They sent the gun back 20 days later with no notes other than; Repair, safety function check and test firing have been completed. Released for shipping.
Am I trying to use this gun more heavily than was intended? Other people, more experienced than me, have said it should be able to fire 10,000 rounds without any problems. What are your opinions?
My 10/22 Takedown's barrel is being peined over by the bolt and creating a nasty burr that does not allow me to easily pull the barrel from the receiver. The first time this happened I watched a gun smith pry it apart. the pictures below are after Just ~700 rounds with a new barrel, bolt and guide rod assembly installed by Ruger... the gun was cleaned prior to firing and every 200-250 rounds (10 reloads of a BX25). This is the second time this happened. What am I doing wrong?
A picture is worth a thousand words.
I liked my GP100 so much that I thought I would get a 10/22, my logic being; my .357 lived up so well to the "rugged, reliable firearms" catch phrase so well, that Ruger must make all their guns industrial strength... I had the gun for 3 days, spent ~500 rounds with it in the first day, broke it down took it home, cleaned it and so on... the second day, Wednesday my normal day on the range I took the 10/22 along with my with my other, larger guns to stretch the joy of shooting at a reduced cost. Over all I put maybe 900 rounds through it in the first 2 days , cleaned with the rest of the group that night, the 3rd cleaning, and I noticed a slight bit of damage to the barrel ware ever the bolt makes contact, it seemed negligible, at that point more a discoloration than anything else.
Took the gun out for an extended plinking session with my girlfriend on the 3rd day. No problems at first, and I was still very impressed by the design. Between the two of us we used 3 boxes of "Remington Golden Bullet" in 2 different rifles, I am guessing the majority of the 1575 rounds went through the 10/22, but I don't have an accurate count...
At the end of the plinking the gun fired accurately, and ejected as reliably as any.22 ever does, but it would no longer break down. The barrel would come only way out of the receiver, that's it.
I took it back to the Gander mt ware I bought it...for, I had done something strange, something I had never done before; I purchased a store warranty. They pried the barrel out of the receiver, shrugged and sent the gun back to Ruger.
Ruger replaced the bolt, guide rod assembly, barrel, and (for some random reason) the front sight. They sent the gun back 20 days later with no notes other than; Repair, safety function check and test firing have been completed. Released for shipping.
Am I trying to use this gun more heavily than was intended? Other people, more experienced than me, have said it should be able to fire 10,000 rounds without any problems. What are your opinions?